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Just browsing a bit of the link, looks like teh first 2 letters are the
area i.e. LN=London SW=South West EA=East Anglia
Then the rest of the letters are similar to teh town name

Mike

SW is South Wales
West of England is WW
I used to work for BT many moons ago and can recognise the old superseded BT
"District" names in the exchange codes, from the days when BT was regionally
managed.
e.g. SS = Severnside (Bristol/Glos), WW = Westward (Devon & Cornwall), etc.
In those days, you'd ring your local office if you wanted something - and
were answered by someone who knew your area well.
Then they went national, closed down their district offices and did away
with a local presence and an accountable local management structure.
The result is the anonymous conglomerate that exists today.
;-(

Thanks to all that have contributed to this thread so far:
-----Original Message-----
From: George Weston ]

SW is South Wales
West of England is WW
I used to work for BT many moons ago and can recognise the old
superseded BT "District" names in the exchange codes, from the days
when BT was regionally managed.
e.g. SS = Severnside (Bristol/Glos), WW = Westward (Devon & Cornwall),
etc.

Thanks George, I think you have it. Please correct my guesses where
applicable:

London
CL City of London (includes some exchanges south of the river e.g.
Bermondsey) LN London North LS London South LW London West WE West End
WR Westminster

Midlands
CM Central Midlands
EM East Midlands
WM West Midlands

North East
MY Mid? Yorkshire (all of Yorks except South) NE North East SL
Sheffield? (Derbys, Lincs and South Yorks)

London Centre CT
London City CY
London East EA
London North NO
London North West NW
London North Central NC
London South Central SC
London South SO
Lodon South West WI
Lodon South East SE
London West WE

In 1987 London was simplified to:
CL City of London
LN Northern
LS Southern
WE West End (previous label, London West)
LW Western
WR Westminster

Additionally, it *seems* AC and MA jointly became the recycled EA (label
probably now East Anglia).

Just browsing a bit of the link, looks like teh first 2 letters are
the area i.e. LN=London SW=South West EA=East Anglia Then
the rest of
the letters are similar to teh town name

Mike

SW is South Wales
West of England is WW
I used to work for BT many moons ago and can recognise the
old superseded BT "District" names in the exchange codes,
from the days when BT was regionally managed.
e.g. SS = Severnside (Bristol/Glos), WW = Westward (Devon &
Cornwall), etc.
In those days, you'd ring your local office if you wanted
something - and were answered by someone who knew your area well.
Then they went national, closed down their district offices
and did away with a local presence and an accountable local
management structure.
The result is the anonymous conglomerate that exists today.
;-(